Can anyone recommend any organisations doing good back-to-bare-metal aircraft paintwork, please?
Thanks.
N.Z.

Mick Allen is your man.

http://allenaircraftresparays.co.uk

Mick and his sons have painted 4 aircraft for me over the years and are highly recommended.

Mick Allen & Son Aircraft Resprays (http://www.allenaircraftresprays.co.uk/)

Air Livery Plc - Quality First in Aircraft Refinishing (http://www.airlivery.com/index.shtml)

They generally deal with larger aircraft, but I've seen C182s and the like in their hangers before.
Worth a shufty.

Colton Aviation produces some stunning work
COLTON AVIATION (http://www.coltonaviation.com/)

Mick Allen....you will have to wait & he probably will slip on timings but he did my aircraft 5 years ago & did a fantastic job

When you have your quotes, give us a call in Bratislava, we get all sizes and types from all over Europe, last one from canary Islands, and are very competitive for paint and interior, as well as being excellent quality (of course :ok:)

Another vote for Mick Allen from me, attention to detail is second to none.

Colton's were also a favoured name but alas no more. Fred sold the business to others who have not done the name much good and AFAIK, the paintshop is now closed. fred is still involved with the maintenance side.

Beware anyone new on the scene, those that are the cheapest and those with no queue for work...

Don't forget to get the aircraft reweighed after painting

Time to spare, go by air

Hen Ddraig

Mick Allen at Turweston does the Biz for me..............................
Take a look at this month's LAA mag - that's his work on my "Red Thing".
Taken in and delivered back exactly on time (and to that standard!).
Great team.
Jez.

K & S aviation at Sleap, worked with them for years, highly recommended
07816 889929

Thanks for all the replies and info, guys.
N.Z.

The mark of a bad paint job is when you drop the flaps and find that the rear spar has no new paint.

My last two aircraft went to Mick Allen, I have no plans to retun in the near future because the quality of the work is such that I expect the paint to last 20 years.